Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-24

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~ dinner OF the Young Mems Dem.
~ club Of Brooklyn, given on the 22d
SoeuAry. ct tho Academy Of Music,
nelment am Democrat" which
4DoM Congressman Patrick Collins,
ooeun, was received with great enthu.
~ nd the speech Of the orator of the
lons Governor Hill, with the same
nooe, was warmly received. The as.
NJ, being of Democrats exclusively,
- . Democratic attitude, which has
- eonstrued - q party declaration in
~ g the administration Of the govern.
- only by party men. Governor Hill is
cgeed to be Of the stalwart Or
q Democrats, who object to
o anything but Democratic material
llDg olaces and hs has been set up as
1oQostls oe this creed, in opposition to the
1ont, who u charged with but luke
NTH In It. But Governor Hill, in
- - had to say to the Brooklyn Demo.
did not disclose any such point of
1g1nce between himself and the presi.
wbose policy and course he warmly
-. II is . fanciful difference, raised
- Who do not like Cleveland's con-
Saelnn and who hope to get him out of
~ with tho Democracy by charging him
y dialoyalty to the party. The Brooklyn
nOcrats did not, any more than Cover.
HUI; show any such feeling to the
0mt. whom they warmly applauded.
ID T. the essay of foolish Democrats to
Etake to turn the party against the
ldent, because his course has been such
70 win the applause of good citizens not
Sce hi party. That is his great merit, and
Z ~ cause Of great strength to his party.
- strength is seen in the generally con-
1ed TACT that he will again receive the
nOcratic presidential nomination; or
-, Il be does not, the Democratic candi.
- VIII be defeated. There is an agree
1ne Of opinion upon this point which
Auts out all undertaking of any other
RDonOcrat towards achieving the nominal
tion. Governor Hill, who has been selected
\ - the standard bearer of the sOre-head
4 Democratic fragment for which such Jour.
4 malls as the New York Sun speaks, is too
mod . Democrat and politician, we hope,
( ~ gtvo his own countenance to the idea,
sN1d consent to such position; and he
kofully avoided In his Brooklyn address
|V appearance OF censure Of the presi.
S66nk
A The presidents loyalty to the Democratic
Daxty b too clear to give success to an
mort to cast doubt upon it. The Repub.
llcans who gain or keep office do 80
;r mni1nR tha ny,orot;opo 30 <bo ,yx,;, ..-,,;.
1ew, which is binding upon the president,
40 which the sentiment OF the country
Sz1l2roves as the Inauguration of q good
~. 1t Is not the sentiment of the
omccratic party that every office should
4 mptied with every change of political
dmlnistration ]; and the civil service law
neds useful break upon such ten
ney. The good service of the public is
~ 70 be considered, before service to
ntey - taken into calculation /; and this
s. - great difference between the Re.
s bllcan and Democratic parties which
= nowhere more strikingly illustrated than
eeei In Pennsylvania, where the interests
The people have been for many years
boEdinated by the Republicans in power
that Of their party. 1t may be said to
Ae.been 20 far successful party policy,
oee the party has steadily kept in power
rGer II; but how disastrous and demoral.
lng has been its effect upon the state
II ultimately it cannot but be destructive
5 - the party.
We would have the Democracy always
neet, courageous and patriotic. So
eyeland Is, and We are with him. We
against all who hold the aim of party
: - hrst the spoils; and no truly great
- can ever lead such faction.